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The agency's civil rights division filed a statement of interest Friday in Fulton County Superior Court. It urges a judge to find that the constitutional rights of juveniles in the Cordele Judicial Circuit are being violated if adequate legal protections aren't put in place.

The Atlanta Hawks CEO says general manager Danny Ferry will be punished for making racially charged comments about a free agent. Ferry is the second Hawks official who facing backlash for racially–charged comments in recent days.
Team co-owner Bruce Levenson announced Sunday he will sell his share in the team after an email came to light in which he claims black fans are keeping white fans from attending home basketball games.
A group of civil rights leaders will meet with the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday to discuss racially Ferry and Levenson’s comments.
One of those leaders will be the Reverend Markel Hutchins, who says there aren't enough African American owners of NBA teams.
He sat down with GPB “All Things Considered” host Rickey Bevington to talk about his hopes for the meeting, the Atlanta Hawks, and his opinion about the remarks.

Civil rights leaders in Georgia Wednesday are mourning the passing of author and poet Maya Angelou. She died at the age of 86. Charles Steele Jr., president and CEO of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference says in the 1960’s, Angelou became the Northern Coordinator of the SCLC. He says she became very close with Coretta Scott King and ,like her, focused on the role of women in the civil rights movement.

It was October 12, 1958, when 50 sticks of dynamite exploded at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation on Peachtree Street--what was widely called “the Temple.” The Temple’s leader, Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, was a staunch ally of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and he used his pulpit to advocate for social justice. Rothschild’s widow, Janice Rothschild Blumberg, remembers the bombing and her husband’s advocacy.

Tremont Temple Baptist Church, which played an important role in Macon's civil rights movement, could soon be demolished to make way for a Dunkin Donuts. Because of its historical significance, the idea of knocking down the Forsyth Street church has preservation advocates on edge and the Historic Macon Foundation scrambling to figure out a way to save it.

The history department at Columbus State University is peering back into America’s civil rights struggle and its local ties to Georgia. The university has launched a year-long initiative to examine the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Dozens of people trekked to the top of Stone Mountain Wednesday afternoon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Stone Mountain was one of the places Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mentioned by name in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech that day.